Class 26 (10/23)
Social biologisms
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Spencerian origins: a theory of society
Spencer's American embrace
Two complications
Social Lamarckianism?
Evolution in the progressive era
Comment: naturalizing social laws
Eugenics
Meaning and context
Eugenics as social engineering
Eugenics as a biologism
How do we deal with it historically?
Was eugenics reactionary?
Was eugenics scientific?
Coda: the decline of eugenics
| Primary | Secondary |
| Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
"survival of the fittest" laissez-faire Eugenics Record Office Charles Davenport (1866-1944) |
Thomas Malthus (1766-1834)
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) positive and negative eugenics Buck v. Bell (1927) |
Why Dayton, of all places? How does this complicate the telling
of the story?
How did Bryan and Darrow get involved? What was the result?
How did the prosecution intend to present the case?
What was the defense's intent?